346 TWO CENTENARIES AND A QUARTER 



Inhabits Brazil. Mus. Nost. 



Total length 7 inches ; bill, gape 13 ; front ^*g ; wings 33-i>g ; 

 tail, beyond, Ifg ; base 3 ; tarsus i§. Edges of the quills and 

 tail feathers olive green : ears and lores blackish : tail very 

 slightly forked ; the two middle tail feathers cinereous : bill 

 pale. 



193. Anab^nus rufescens. 



Entirely rufous : paler beneath : tail black, tipt 

 with white, and crossed by numerous greyish bands : 

 vent brown. 



Inhabits India. Mus. Nost. 



Total length IS inches ; bill, front 1 ; gape 1-^; wings 4\ ; 

 tail, beyond, 5 ; base 1 ; tarsus 1 ; middle toe the same. Bill 

 green : orbits and lores naked. Tail long, broad, graduated : 

 the upper covers banded with black and dark grey ; the under, 

 blackish brown. 



194. Crotophaga semisulcata. 



Culmen sharp and carinated, but not much elevated : 

 upper mandible with three elevated lines ; convex be- 

 tween : under mandible smooth. Size and plumage of 

 Sulcirostra. 



Inhabits South America. Mus. Nost. 



Total length about 13 inches; bill, gape Ifg ; wings 5 ; 

 tail, base 7^ ; tarsus Ifg ; middle toe and claw the same. 



195. Ploceus auricapillus. 



Head above, upper tail covers, and all the under 

 parts, bright yellow : frontal line, lores, ears, and chin, 

 velvet black : above the frontal line a shade of rufous. 

 First quiU spurious ; second hardly shorter than the 

 third. 



Inhabits South Africa. Dr. Burchell's Collection, 

 No. 152. 



Closely resembles P. personatus ; but it is smaller, and hardly 

 6 inches long ; bill, gape i§ ; wings 3-^jj ; tail, base 2-^ ; 

 tarsus II ; hind toe and claw ^. Excepting the back, the 

 wings, tail, and lower part of the neck, the whole plumage is 

 of a clear, full, and bright yellow : the back feathers have an 

 olive tinge, with an almost imperceptible dusky stripe; the 

 black mark does not descend so far on the throat ; and the 

 yellow, just in front of the head, is tinged with bright rufous : 



